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Cryptic 29620 - 17 February 2025 - set by Philistine for the Guardian
Across
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New Orleans fury with Londoner (6,6)
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Selfish person remains so after losing heart (7)
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Question old style chef, ultimately about cheese (7)
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USSR in a mess en route permitted a dangerous game (7,8)
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Somewhat disciplinarian regressive state (4)
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Do what’s essential to infiltrate old-fashioned right (4,6)
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Rioting prisoners free at last to expose feature of harsh regime (10)
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Preacher’s type of animism is free of sin (4)
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Bring in stuff with reversed charges, missing one serious issue (9,6)
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Giant pig with rear end held back (7)
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Find adult content, say, to return and spoil (7)
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Boozer clerics to get treated in state-controlled facilities (6,6)
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Hurry up and be smartly dressed (4,5)
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Current + current + current divided by current? That’s not basic! (6)
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David Cameron and Boris Johnson maybe hosting leader of socialist Europeans (9)
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Extremely divisive to wear a jumper for horseplay (5)
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Vague and murky blue adopted by us for Christian Dior (8)
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Be discriminating when going topless (5)
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Loud bling (3-8)
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Rue le Frère: some need relocation (4,7)
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Flings should include controversial drinks (9)
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Setter is going to get introduced to one fruit or another (9)
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Change here to enter dance and drink venue … (4,4)
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… and another 3 halved for poets (6)
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Rice pudding is lumpy and unsuitable for starters (5)
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A medic touring hospital for a reason (2,3)